Re: Elimination of Daytime Running Lights!

[Lazz Mckenzie - GTE Internetworking <lmckenzi@bbn.com>]

Thanks Erik.......keep you posted if I manage to make any smoky stuff to
come out of the dashboard :-)
Laz

At 11:38 AM 3/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Lazz Mckenzie - GTE Internetworking wrote:
>Previously I
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>> have accomplished this by hotwiring the handbrake switch, (meaning that the
>> brake warning light has been on, but covered by black tape, for the life of
>> my poor abused Golf).     Did I catch that someone has a source for a
>> better solution? (i.e. a real light switch or info as to which relay I need
>> to molest!)
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>> rgds
>> Laz the sledgehammer electrician!
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>As another electrical genius on the list, I feel it necessary to reply to you
>post (just don't read my previous posts about my handbrake light).
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>Actually, I do know how to get rid of the DRLs -- I just don't know how to do
>it without getting rid of the "BRAKE" light too.  This is apparently not a
big
>deal to you however :).  And, just FYI, lots of GLXs lose the light when
>getting rid of the DRL relay -- some don't though, and we don't know why.
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>All you have to do is get a european switch (plugs right in and has a detent
>for parking lights too -- and front and rear fogs) or an older american
switch
>('94 Golf? -- I dunno, but if you go this way, just make sure it has a front
>fog light position -- no rear fogs).  The euro switch can be had from Timmons
>VW or a host of other VW aftermarket firms for about $70.  So after you do
>that, you can just yank the DRL relay -- mine, a '97, is labeled #173 and is
>at the upper left of the relay panel -- YOURS MAY BE DIFFERENT, so check with
>some '98 owners first!
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>I assume if you remove the relay without getting the switch, you'll still get
>rid or the DRLs, but you won't have full control of your lights.
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>If you get the switch and need info on the rear fogs, let me know.  I have
all
>the correct (!) info for those :).
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>hope this helps
>-erik
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